Wide scanned electronically steered conformal active phased array antenna for Ku-band SATCOM

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-381
Author(s):  
Raj Kumar ◽  
Pramendra Kumar Verma ◽  
Machavaram Venkateshwar Kartikeyan
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Band ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Phased Array Antenna ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Ku Band

AbstractThe paper describes the design and development of a low profile wide scanned conformal active 1 × 32 phased array antenna for Ku-band SATCOM applications. The realized antenna is diagonally polarized and covers full transmit frequency band (i.e. 13.75–14.5 GHz) of Ku band SATCOM. All the developed sub-systems of the antenna, i.e. conformal radiating array, conformal transmit module, manifold network, and beam steering unit are described. The VSWR of the antenna is better than 1.65 over the complete transmit frequency band. The antenna has the beam steering capability of ±60° in the array plane. Designed antenna is best suited for airborne applications, where antenna profile contributes considerable aero drag and RCS to the host platform.

Simultaneous beam steering of multiple signals based on optical wavelength-selective switch

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 391-398
Author(s):  
Giovanni Serafino ◽  
Antonio Malacarne ◽  
Claudio Porzi ◽  
Paolo Ghelfi ◽  
Marco Presi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Ring Resonators ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Phased Array Antenna ◽  
Wavelength Selective Switch

A novel, photonics-based scheme for the independent and simultaneous beam steering of multiple radio frequency signals at a wideband phased-array antenna is presented. As a proof of concept, a wavelength-selective switch (WSS) is employed both as a wavelength router to feed multiple antenna elements and as a tunable phase shifter to independently control the phase of each signal at any antenna element. In the experiment, two signals at 12.5 and 37.5 GHz are simultaneously fed to the four output ports of the WSS with independent and tunable phase shifts, emulating the independent steering of two signals in a four-element phased-array antenna. The results confirm the precision and flexibility of the proposed scheme, which can be realized both with bulk components or resorting to photonic integrated circuits, especially for wide-band applications. The architecture for a possible integrated implementation of the proposed solution is presented, employing a structure based on micro-ring resonator. Starting from these results, the feasibility of an integrated version of the presented architecture is also considered. The proposed photonic integrated circuit realizing the beam-forming network might be based on tunable true-time delay, as well as on phase shift through micro-ring resonators, and could be conveniently implemented with CMOS-compatible silicon technology.

scholarly journals A Broadband Conformal Phased Array Antenna on Spherical Surface

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Sun ◽  
Rong Shen ◽  
Xuequan Yan
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Spherical Surface ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Phased Array Antenna ◽  
Simulated Model ◽  
Conformal Array ◽  
Spherical Structure ◽  
Matching Performance ◽  
Ku Band

A Ku-band wideband conformal array antenna with13×19elements is presented in the paper. The array has a spherical structure, and its element is a proximity-coupled stacked patches antenna with a cavity-backed ground plane. The stacked patches and the cavity produce multiple coupled resonances, which enhance the bandwidth of the element extremely. A simulated model with the reasonable dimensions is framed with the coupling analyses, and the effective simulated results and good computing efficiency are obtained simultaneously. The measured results of the center embedded element in the whole array show a bandwidth exceeding 40%VSWR<2, which is close to the simulated matching performance.

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